List of towns in Nova Scotia

A town is a type of municipality in the Canadian Province of Nova Scotia. Towns are incorporated by order by the Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board pursuant to sections 383 through 388 of Nova Scotia's Municipal Government Act.^[1]

Nova Scotia had 26 towns at the time of the 2016 Census. In 2016, the towns had a cumulative population of 97,495. Nova Scotia's largest and smallest towns are Truro and Annapolis Royal with populations of 12,261 and 491 respectively.

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Name	Incorporation date^[2]	2016 Census of Population^[3]
		Population (2016)	Population (2011)	Change	Land area		Population density
		Population (2016)	Population (2011)	Change	km²	sq mi	/km²	/sq mi
Amherst		December 18, 1889	9,413	9,717	−3.1%	12.07	4.66	779.9	2,020
Annapolis Royal	November 29, 1892	491	481	+2.1%	2.04	0.79	240.7	623
Antigonish	January 9, 1889	4,364	4,524	−3.5%	5.01	1.93	871.1	2,256
Berwick	May 25, 1923^[4]	2,509	2,454	+2.2%	6.58	2.54	381.3	988
Bridgewater	February 13, 1899	8,532	8,241	+3.5%	13.63	5.26	626.0	1,621
Clark's Harbour	March 4, 1919	758	820	−7.6%	2.81	1.08	269.8	699
Digby	December 18, 1890	2,060	2,152	−4.3%	3.15	1.22	654.0	1,694
Kentville	May 1, 1886	6,271	6,094	+2.9%	17.26	6.66	363.3	941
Lockeport	February 26, 1907	531	588	−9.7%	2.33	0.90	227.9	590
Lunenburg	October 29, 1888	2,263	2,313	−2.2%	4.04	1.56	560.1	1,451
Mahone Bay	March 31, 1919	1,036	943	+9.9%	3.12	1.20	332.1	860
Middleton	May 31, 1909	1,832	1,749	+4.7%	5.57	2.15	328.9	852
Mulgrave	December 1, 1923	722	794	−9.1%	17.83	6.88	40.5	105
New Glasgow	May 6, 1875	9,075	9,562	−5.1%	9.96	3.85	911.1	2,360
Oxford	April 19, 1904	1,190	1,151	+3.4%	10.76	4.15	110.6	286
Pictou	May 4, 1874	3,186	3,437	−7.3%	8.01	3.09	397.8	1,030
Port Hawkesbury	January 22, 1889	3,214	3,366	−4.5%	8.1	3.1	396.8	1,028
Shelburne	April 4, 1907^[5]	1,743	1,686	+3.4%	8.84	3.41	197.2	511
Stellarton	October 22, 1889	4,208	4,485	−6.2%	8.99	3.47	468.1	1,212
Stewiacke	August 30, 1906	1,373	1,438	−4.5%	17.62	6.80	77.9	202
Trenton	March 18, 1911	2,474	2,616	−5.4%	6.07	2.34	407.6	1,056
Truro	May 6, 1875	12,261	12,059	+1.7%	34.49	13.32	355.5	921
Westville	August 20, 1894	3,628	3,798	−4.5%	14.23	5.49	255.0	660
Wolfville	March 4, 1893	4,195	4,269	−1.7%	6.46	2.49	649.4	1,682
Yarmouth	August 6, 1890	6,518	6,761	−3.6%	10.57	4.08	616.7	1,597
Total	—	97,495	99,283	−1.8%	248.65	96.00	392.1	1,016
Province of Nova Scotia	—	923,598	921,727	+0.2%	52,942.27	20,441.12	17.45	45.2

Name	Dissolution date	Population (2011)^[6]	Population (2006)^[6]	Change (%)^[6]	Area^[6]		Population density^[6]
Name	Dissolution date	Population (2011)^[6]	Population (2006)^[6]	Change (%)^[6]	km²	sq mi	/km²	/sq mi
Bedford	April 1, 1996^[7]	23,019	16,601	38.7
Bridgetown	April 1, 2015^[8]	949	972	−2.4	3.54	1.37	267.8	694
Canso	July 1, 2012^[8]	806	911	−11.5	5.42	2.09	148.8	385
Dominion	April 1, 1995^[7]	1,193	2,022	−3.4
Glace Bay	April 1, 1995^[7]	19,076	19,968	−4.7	35.15	13.57	542.7	1,406
Hantsport	July 1, 2015^[8]	1,159	1,191	−2.7	2.13	0.82	544.6	1,411
Inverness	^{[citation needed]}	1,387	1,464	−5.5
Joggins	1949^[9]
Liverpool	April 1, 1996^[7]	2,653	2,759	−3.8	3.48	1.34	761.6	1,973
Louisbourg	April 1, 1995^[7]	946	988	−4.3	3.3	1.3	286.8	743
New Waterford	April 1, 1995^[7]	8,942	9,661	−7.4	20.81	8.03	429.7	1,113
North Sydney	April 1, 1995^[7]	6,048	6,552	−7.7
Parrsboro	November 1, 2016^[10]	1,305	1,401	−6.9	14.88	5.75	87.7	227
Port Hood	August 1946^[11]
Springhill	April 1, 2015^[8]	3,868	3,941	−1.9	11.15	4.31	346.8	898
Sydney Mines	April 1, 1995^[7]	14,135	15,500	−9.6
Wedgeport	December 22, 1947^[12]	1,180	1,207	−2.2	9.72	3.75	121.4	314
Windsor	April 1, 2020	3,648	3,785	+3.8%	9.11	3.52	400.4	1,037

List of towns in Nova Scotia

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Former towns

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References

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